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JDT Core Component

Development Resources

If you are already a JDT Core developer, check out the Development
Resources. In particular, this section summarizes the various development streams.

JDT Core

JDT Core is the Java infrastructure of the Java
IDE. It includes:

An incremental Java compiler. Implemented as an Eclipse
builder, it is based on technology evolved from VisualAge for Java compiler.
In particular, it allows to run and debug code which still contains unresolved
errors.

An indexed based search infrastructure that is used
for searching, code assist, type hierarchy computation, and refactoring.
The Java search engine can accurately find precise matches either in sources
or binaries.

Evaluation support either in a scrapbook page or
a debugger context.

Source code formatter

The JDT Core infrastructure has no built-in JDK version
dependencies, it also does not depend on any particular Java UI and can
be run headless.

Get Involved!

If you are interested in participating in the development of the JDT
Core component, check out the developer’
s mailing list:

Chat with people there about your problems and interests, and find out
what you can do to help.

The JDT Core team is open to suggestions for improving both the experience
of Java developers using the Java IDE, and clients to the JDT Core APIs.
If you are interested in Java language semantics, compiler technology,
Java tooling in general (behavior of our current tools, suggestions for
new tools), then please interact with the JDT Core team so that we can
build an even better Java IDE.